My Bisquick Irish Soda Bread Food

MY BISQUICK " IRISH SODA BREAD "

Steps:

• Add shortening and powdered milk to biscuit mix and cut in with 2 knives until mix is like coarse meal.
• Plump raisins or craisins in 3/4 cup water in microwave for a few seconds just short of boiling.
• Add sugar, and caraways seeds and plumped raisins or craisins along with the water to the flour mixture and stir until well blended.
• Spread with your hands in the bottom in a flour sprayed 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.

FLAKY IRISH SODA BREAD BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt to combine. Cut in butter with fingers, a fork or a pastry cutter until butter is the size of small peas and mixture is slightly crumbly.
• Stir in raisins, caraway seeds and buttermilk with a wooden spoon until just combined. Turn out dough onto a counter and knead very lightly until dough is just combined.
• Pat dough into a 1-inch thick circle. Use a biscuit or cookie cutter to cut dough into 2-inch rounds. Re-pat the scraps together to make more biscuits. Place biscuits a couple of inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 15 minutes until biscuits are baked through and golden brown. Serve warm or room temperature.

IRISH BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan.
• Whisk together flours, wheat germ, salt, sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a large bowl until combined well. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Make a well in center and add buttermilk, stirring until a dough forms. Gently knead on a floured surface, adding just enough more flour to keep dough from sticking, until smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer dough to cake pan and flatten to fill pan. With a sharp knife, cut an X (1/2 inch deep) across top of dough (5 inches long). Bake until loaf is lightly browned and sounds hollow when bottom is tapped, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool, right side up, about 1 hour.

ROSIE'S TRADITIONAL IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl beat eggs and stir in sour cream.
• Add the egg and sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon.
• Batter will be very thick.
• Add the raisins and caraway seeds and stir well with wooden spoon or knead in with your hands.
• Place batter in a greased 9 inch springform pan.
• Dust the top with enough flour so that you can pat the batter like a bread dough evenly in the pan without it sticking to your hands.
• With a knife make a shallow crisscross on the top.
• Bake for 50 minutes in a preheated 350ºF oven.

QUICK IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in buttermilk just until moistened. Fold in raisins. , Knead on a floured surface for 8-10 times. Shape into a 7-in. round loaf; place on a greased baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut a 1/4-in.-deep cross on top of the loaf. , Bake at 375° for 25-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack. Brush with additional butter. Cool. Dust with additional flour.